Oracle GoldenGate Reviews

I am impressed with the tool's possibility of integrating different systems in a unified place. 

The tool's connections are disconnected at times. The tool needs to integrate other databases. 

I have been working with the solution for two years. 

I would rate the product's stability a nine out of ten. 

The solution is scalable. 

The solution's support is slow. 

Neutral

The tool's setup is straightforward. If the database is new, the deployment can take around three to five days to complete. We required one or two people to handle the tool's deployment. 

The tool's prices are very expensive. 

I would rate the product an eight out of ten. You have to understand the working of the solution. 

The product's micro service architecture is scalable. 

The solution needs to improve its latency, monitoring and support. 

I have been working with the product for six months. 

The tool is scalable. 

The tool's setup is complicated. One engineer is enough to monitor the solution. 

The tool needs to improve its pricing. 

I would rate the solution a seven out of ten. 

My customer uses Oracle GoldenGate mostly for pumping data from one database to another, including data storage format changes. The solution is also used for migrating from one system to another and cross-platform migrations.

What I like most about Oracle GoldenGate is that it supports cross-platform migrations. For example, Oracle GoldenGate could pump data from one type of system to another such as the data from Oracle DB to SQL Db2.

What needs improvement in Oracle GoldenGate is the support.

Another feature that needs to be improved in the solution is its GUI. It would be useful for programmers or users to be able to work from the GUI, not just from the command line.

Simplifying how Oracle GoldenGate is used would also make the solution better.

I've been working with Oracle GoldenGate for more than three years.

Oracle GoldenGate is a stable solution because a lot of my customers use it and it doesn't hang. It doesn't crash. It works.

Oracle GoldenGate is a scalable solution.

The technical support for Oracle GoldenGate still needs a little bit of improvement. On a scale of one to five, I'm rating the support for the product as four out of five.

Oracle GoldenGate is quite complex to set up and support, though it has powerful features. Deployment could be completed within days or weeks, depending on your database and how your storage structure is implemented. The process may require some introduction and workarounds for it to go smoothly. It highly depends on the database you're using.

Licensing for Oracle GoldenGate is paid yearly.

I concentrate on Oracle products, and I'm currently working with Oracle GoldenGate.

My company provides Oracle GoldenGate for customers, so my team has been working with a lot of versions of the solution, starting from version 12 up to version 19.

My company works on consulting projects, and can also sell licenses, but if the customer has a license and requires some solutions, the team can provide complete services, starting from designing architecture, upgrading, ensuring there's minimal downtime, etc.

At the moment, my company has seven clients using Oracle GoldenGate.

My advice to others who want to start using Oracle GoldenGate is that it may not be as easy at the beginning, but it's a good product.

My current rating for Oracle GoldenGate is nine out of ten, but if I'm able to evaluate other solutions, that rating could change to a lower or higher rating.

Oracle GoldenGate helps to replicate the changes in one environment on the other. For example, if a team installs new tables, those changes are mirrored on the other side.

Oracle GoldenGate helps to select and target specific tables for replication. Any changes or operations on those tables are immediately reflected in the source and target environments.

In some cases, expectations were not met, especially when specific tables were expected to be disabled, and changes were anticipated in the target environment. We had to take backups from the source and refresh the address to address this.

I have been working with the product for one and a half years. 

I rate the product's stability an eight out of ten. 

I haven't faced any issues with the solution's scalability. 

Oracle GoldenGate's cost is high. 

I rate the tool an eight out of ten. 

I used Oracle GoldenGate for some migrations and consultations between different types of businesses.

Oracle GoldenGate has a lot of benefits. You can use Oracle GoldenGate as a DR for your system. You can use the solution if you don't want to have unnecessary recovery using synchronization or have some restrictions, like character suit or limited use.

Oracle GoldenGate can help if you have only to replicate the subset of your data and not the full data. Suppose you are in an organization with many branches and are interested in replicating only the accounting and not the financial data. In that case, Oracle GoldenGate will help you with some considerations, calculations, and transformations associated with it.

In Oracle GoldenGate, we don't have full capabilities or information on ODI products for Oracle, which are specifically used for transformations. You can do your coding or transformation processes and do your job. Sometimes I use a quality tool for Oracle to do some transformation from data cleansing and data insights.

I know every Oracle product has been designed for each feature, and Oracle GoldenGate is a dedicated tool for better transformation and replication. It would be great if Oracle added some enhanced features or more functionalities to Oracle GoldenGate. Although currently, it's a good prototype, Oracle GoldenGate can do more.

I have been using Oracle GoldenGate for almost four years.

Oracle GoldenGate's stability is better if you follow the metrics for compatibility between software versions. If you follow all the metrics, Oracle GoldenGate's stability can be rated an eight to nine out of ten. However, you may face some bugs if you don't follow the metrics.

I rate Oracle GoldenGate an eight or nine out of ten for scalability. Oracle GoldenGate can work for small, medium, and enterprise companies. It's scalable to work on different scales.

We sometimes need to open the tickets with Oracle to get technical support. Depending on the team and the escalation level, sometimes we get a very good response from Oracle, and sometimes we don't.

Positive

Oracle GoldenGate's initial setup is very simple because Oracle has a dedicated version for every database, whether Oracle or non-Oracle. For the initial setup between the source and the solution, the ease of setup depends on the configuration and the business requirement. It does not depend only on the technology but on the customer's requirements. If you have a very complex replication, it needs a more complicated setup. It depends on each task.

We can't comment that it's always easy to have Oracle GoldenGate, and we can set it up in a day or two. Sometimes you can set it up within a few hours; other times, it needs very deep understanding and preparation before going to Oracle Golden Gate.

You might need some help from ODI or other tools to prepare your data and get ready. It will be easier if everything is clear and there is an understanding of the mapping between the source and destination, objects, and attributes. However, you cannot have a definite answer for all cases.

In certain cases, customers could install the solution themselves. Oracle has had a GUI interface for Oracle GoldenGate for two or three years called the microservices. Microservices can be easier to set up for single cases. However, if you have some complex cases, you will need some help understanding data, replication, and knowing if some preparation is required at the beginning.

I would recommend Oracle GoldenGate to other users because it’s a good product.

Overall, I rate Oracle GoldenGate an eight out of ten.

We use GoldenGate to integrate and consolidate various databases. After this, we send the information to Oracle Cloud Analytics to generate reports. 

GoldenGate enables us to merge and transform data from various sources in real time. It's a powerful tool that can read and load most data sources. 

I have worked with Oracle for six years and GoldenGate for the past two. 

GoldenGate is highly stable.

GoldenGate is highly scalable.

Oracle support is okay.

Setting up GoldenGate was straightforward. 

GoldenGate is expensive. It's costly because this solution is unique in our market. The GoldenGate Cloud Service is cheaper than the on-premise solution. 

I rate Oracle GoldenGate 10 out of 10. I recommend GoldenGate for business customers who need data integration. There are multiple GoldenGate products to use. 

Our primary use for this solution is the replication of data between heterogeneous environments to implement a data hub. We use this for reporting purposes or to publish data to the various systems (acquire and publish technique) using multiple technologies and multiple platforms. They are typically Oracle DBs on Oracle platforms, with some different types of databases, like Teradata, and also sourcing data into Hadoop Big Data.

This solution has a well-known procedure for troubleshooting and tuning the performance, providing for smooth operation. There is minimal effort required for maintenance, which would be performed by non-dedicated DBA.

The most valuable feature of this solution is its compatibility with Oracle DB and Oracle products, generally, as our environment is really dependant on them.

The flexibility for customization as well as the scalability of the tool is very important, as we expand our environment we can expand and scale up the tool on the go.

The User Interface should be improved in newer versions, but without putting any restrictions on the customization capabilities. Additional performance metrics should be added and visible in a dashboard, displayed in a detailed manner.

The licensing model should be improved to be more cost-effective for the end users.

This solution is straightforward to implement with a hassle-free setup.

We are using it for getting data back.

It works best with Oracle.

The front-end management isn't very good.

Its pricing and licensing can also be better.

I have been using this solution for about a year.

It is very stable.

It is very scalable.

Their technical support is pretty good. I would rate them a four out of five.

It was easy to set up.

I installed it myself.

Its price can be better. It is a bit crazy, and its licensing is very difficult to understand. I would rate it one out of five in terms of pricing. 

There don't seem to be any additional costs.

I would recommend this product. It's pretty good. 

I would rate it a seven out of ten.